Teaching Literacy to Learners with Dyslexia

Looking for help teaching literacy to children with dyslexia? Pick up Teaching Literacy to Learners with Dyslexia: A Multisensory Approach. Here's an excerpt from the book's description:

"...It offers a structured, cumulative, multi-sensory teaching program for learners with dyslexia, and draws attention to some of the wider aspects of the learning styles and differences of learners with dyslexia such as memory, information processing, and automaticity. Designed to help support any learner, ages 5 to 18, with dyslexia or specific learning difficulties."

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100+ Ideas for Supporting Children with Dyslexia

100+ ideas for supporting children with dyslexia is a practical guide providing more than 100 great ideas for reinforcing children's learning. This second edition is up-to-date with the latest research and best practices on dyslexia. It also includes a new section on differentiation in the classroom. Full of ready-to-use activities and strategies for the non-specialist teacher in need of extra guidance, the book also offers new ideas and insights to SENCOs, head teachers, parents and carers and anyone else working with a child or young person with dyslexia.

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Teacher's Guide to ADHD

Looking for practical, data-based tools for helping students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) succeed in the classroom? Teacher's Guide to ADHD may be the answer. Combining instructional expertise with extensive knowledge about the nature and treatment of ADHD, the authors of this book include ways to support students and teach them needed strategies in core areas: academic skills, behavior, self-regulation, and social skills. The book offers step-by-step instructions and concrete examples along with crucial guidance for teaming with other school professionals and with parents.

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Mobile App Monday - Dexteria

Looking for an app to help build fine motor skills? Don't want a game? Dexteria might be a good one for you. This app contains a set of therapeutic hand exercises that, when used on a regular basis, can improve fine motor skills and handwriting readiness in children and adults. Dexteria’s unique hand and finger activities take full advantage of the multi-touch interface to help build strength, control, and dexterity.

Want to know more about it? Visit: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dexteria-fine-motor-skill/id420464455?mt=8

Beauty is a Verb

Beauty is a Verb is a ground-breaking anthology of disability poetry, essays on disability, and writings on the poetics of both. It is an ALA Notable Poetry Book.

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RTI Strategies for Secondary Teachers

Need a refresher on RTI? RTI for Secondary Teachers is loaded with practical strategies and sample lesson plans that are modified for each instructional tier. Struggling learners and capable learners can both be enriched by using these strategies and adapting them as needed. Middle school and high school teachers alike will find value in this resource.

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Teaching Students to Read Like Detectives

Want to help your students become more sophisticated readers, writers, and thinkers? Teaching Students to Read Like Detectives can help. This book explores the relationship between the text and the learner through discussion and rhetorical reading and writing and is appropriate for all grade levels. It emphasizes the importance of classroom discussion to understanding the text and discusses literary theory, scaffolding instruction, and explanations of reading comprehension strategies.

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